The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected General Atomics for the second phase of the LongShot unmanned aircraft system program. According to General Atomics spokesperson C. Mark Brinkley, DARPA completed a preliminary design review in February 2022 and selected the company in March of the same year. Brinkley added that the second phase will […]
An official from the Department of the Air Force said data modernization is a significant undertaking because of the size of the organization. Aaron Bishop, the chief information security officer at the DAF and a speaker at the Potomac Officers Club’s 3rd Annual CIO Summit, said one challenge for the department is the vast number […]
Government agencies must consider security in their efforts to migrate technologies to the cloud. Speaking at GovCIO Media & Research’s “CyberScape: Insider Threats” event on Thursday, Stacy Bostjanick, defense industrial base cyber chief at the Department of Defense, said helping companies improve their cybersecurity capabilities would give warfighters confidence that their solutions will be protected. […]
The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have issued a warning against the Royal ransomware that may pose a threat to organizations. According to a joint cybersecurity advisory, the Royal ransomware has been used in several high-profile incidents that impacted hospitals, health care, communications, education and manufacturing organizations within and outside the United […]
A Department of Energy official said the agency would work with its international allies to promote cybersecurity. In an interview with FedScoop, DOE Chief Information Officer Ann Dunkin said the agency is looking at a collective approach to cybersecurity using collaboration across the government and private sector within and outside the United States. She also […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to develop a high-speed aircraft that does not need a runway to operate. DARPA is working with the U.S. Special Operations Command on the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies program. DARPA Director and two-time Wash100 winner Stefanie Tompkins said during the Global SOF Foundation Air Warfare Symposium that […]
The U.S. Space Command plans to set up a new office for onboarding commercial products. According to a SPACECOM memorandum, the unified Common Integration Office will combine an office managed by Joint Task Force-Space Defense at Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado and another by the Combined Force Space Component Command based at the Vandenberg […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded Leidos multiple contracts worth approximately $102 million in total for organizational support services. One of the awards is a potential five-year, $79 million prime contract for operations management, managed services delivery and application workloads. Work under the contract will include onboarding, migration planning, modernization support and […]
Ernst & Young has launched a new center that would support the U.S. government’s modernization efforts. The EY Center for Government Modernization will organize and produce thought leadership in the areas of government operational optimization, community equity and well-being and constituent experience transformation. For government operational optimization, the center will focus on cyber preparedness, automation, […]
The U.S. Army wants to have a tactical wheeled vehicle strategy developed by the end of 2023 to help officials make informed investment decisions moving forward. Col. Beth Behn, chief of the Army Transportation Corps, said during a National Defense Industrial Association conference that she wants to have a strategy out by November to help […]
